Henry Callahan is an abstract painter based in metro Atlanta. After a successful career as a brand and marketing executive, he returned to art full-time more than two decades ago. His work is defined by vibrant color, refined forms, and a process grounded in action and color fields as vehicles for emotion and thought. Intended for intimate, contemplative spaces, his paintings reflect a Zen-like sensibility, a connection to nature, and a belief in intuition and empathy. A Georgia native, Callahan studied painting at Auburn University and the Maryland Institute College of Art.
Artist Statement
My work investigates the grid as both a structural and generative system for painting. Informed by my background in graphic design and halftone photography, I use custom grid patterns to guide the layered application of acrylic paint, allowing color, texture, and visual rhythm to emerge through accumulation and revision. These stratified surfaces retain traces of earlier layers, creating depth and a visible record of process.
Balancing control and chance, the grid establishes order while gravity, flow, and spontaneous marks introduce variability. Created flat, the paintings integrate material behavior into their final form. While grounded in abstraction, the work increasingly references landscape and figurative presence, using the grid as a framework to explore perception, structure, and materiality.
Representation
Reinike Gallery
Atlanta, GA / 2001 – Present www.reinikegallery.com
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2001 – Present
- ARToberfest: New Works by Seven Amazing Artists – October – November 2019
- One Person Exhibition: Segue – October – November 2018
- One Person Exhibition: Without Boundaries – October – November 2017
- One Person Exhibition: A Passion For Color – October – November 2015
- One Person Exhibition: Beyond Abstraction – Expressing Nature – September – October 2014
- Holiday Exhibitions, November thru January – 2001 – Present
- Group Abstract Exhibition, February 2006
- Art for Katrina Relief, October 2005
- Three Person Exhibition, January – February 2005
- Group Exhibition, October – November 2003
- Two Person Exhibition: Celebration in Paint with Mario DiGirolamo, October – November 2001
The Haen Gallery
Asheville & Brevard, NC / 2016 – Present www.thehaengallery.com
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2016 – Present
- Group Winter Exhibition 2019, February – March 2019
- Group Show: Wintertide 2018, Selected gallery artists February – March 2018
The District Gallery
Knoxville, TN / 2014 – 2017 www.thedistrictgallery.com
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2014 – 2019
Casale and Co.
London, UK and Paris, France / 2003 – Present www.casaleandco.com
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2003 – 2018
Boswell Mourot Fine Arts
Little Rock, AR / 2014 – 2017 www.boswellmourot.com
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2014 – 2018
Art Expressions Gallery
San Diego, CA / 2004 – 2009
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2004 – 2008
Fairmount Gallery
Dallas, TX / 2004 – 2009
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2004 – 2008
- Abstract Expressionist Exhibition, 2003 and 2005
Foundry Gallery
Washington, DC / 2002 www.foundrygallery.org
- Two Person Exhibition – with Kyi May Kaung, March – April 2002
Horton Gallery
Philadelphia, PA / 2001 – 2005
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2001 – 2004
So Hyun Gallery
New York, NY / 2000 – 2005
- Three Person Exhibition, October – November 2000
- Gallery Artists Exhibitions, 2000 – 2005
Exhibitions
Segue – Reinike Gallery, Atlanta, GA
One Person Exhibition, October – November, 2018
Without Boundaries – Reinike Gallery, Atlanta, GA
One Person Exhibition, October – November, 2017
A Passion For Color – Reinike Gallery, Atlanta, GA
One Person Exhibition, October-November, 2015
Beyond Abstraction – Expressing Nature – Reinike Gallery, Atlanta, GA
One Person Exhibition, September – October, 2014
Of Heaven and Earth – Art Basel/Miami Beach, Miami Beach, FL
Two Person Exhibition, with sculptor James Vilona, November – December 2005
Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL
12th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Winter 2005
Images Exhibition Center, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
Group Exhibitions, 2005 – 2008
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral Springs, FL
2005 Boca Raton Museum Artists’ Guild Exhibition